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WILLIAMSBURG.
EaEcOek's Brigade an Important Factor in the
Fight.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: B. F. Ogden,
Co. III, 7th n j., wonders if all history is in
correct. / beg to correct his statement in re-
gard TO the battle Of williamsburg that it was
fought and won solely by the divisions of
Hooker and kearny. / was q member of the
Second Brigade Of Smiths (W. F. Division.
Hancock, being in command of the First Bril-
gade of the same division, was at about o'clock
p. m. allowed to take his brigade to the right,
where the position of the enemy was very
strong by nature, and consequently guarded
with less care. There was a steep bluff in front,
and mill pond lying at the foot of the bluff
was newly damned by the rebels and served as
a moat. Spanning the dam was a bridge of
logs.
Across this bridge and along a winding road
on the side of the bluff Hancock led his troops.
Finding theenemy upon the plateau above Oceu-
pying strong redOubtS, the artillery was brought
to bear on them and they Aed. They were re-
inforced by brigade of North Carolina troops,
and charged upon the Union line. They were
allowed TO approach very near. when Hancock
opened upon them heavy fire of musketry
and artillery. Still they advanced until within
about 80 yards when Hancock issued his Ia
nous order:
"Now. gentlemen, give them the bayonet!"
The men charged upon the rebels who broke
and fled, leaving their dead and wounded
strewn upon the green wheatfeld. This move
ment of Smiths Division out6anked the rebels
and they fell back behind their works and this
ended the fight for the day. During the night
they folded their tents aud stole away. do
not claim the honor of the battle for Hancock,
as Hooker bore the brunt of the fight until
Kearny came upon the field with his division
and relieved him. The writer well remembers
the double-quick in the mud to the support OF
Hancock, and sleeping that night in drench-
ing rain upon pile of rails. Comrade Ogden,
let us get it right if we can.-L. A. PIERCE,
Lieutenant, Co. d, Sd VT, Second Brigade, SEQ
Ond Division, Sixth Corps, Grand Crossing, ~.
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ARRIEF CATECHIsNI.

Gentlemen-we mean you who are filling
the air with shriel1s against the dependent
pension bill-permit us to ask you a few
questions:
The veterans who are disabled from sup
porting themselves must be supported by
some one, must they not?
You recognize it to be an imperative duty
Of every community to support its disabled
and dependent members, do you not?
No helpless man or woman should he al
lowed TO suffer for the necessaries Of life in
this Christian land, should he or she?
Because a man has served in the Union
army is no reason why he should be de-
privcd Of rights which belong to every
human being in our land, is it?
Surprising that you answer these ques-
tions in the way that men of ordinary feel
ings would answer them, the next is:
Since it is the plain, unavoidable duty OF
some one to support the men whose physical
infrmities prevent their earning their own
living, whose place is ii 10 assume that duty
Is il the community's in which the man
happens TO be living now, or is il the General
Governments, which had the full benefit Of
the mans youthful strength and energy
and in whose service he was broken down
Is il not better in every way that the
National Treasury should bear this load
4 than that il should be placed upon TIT
County, Township, City and Village Treas
uries?
You shout about the enormous cost
VIII that cost be any more if paid out from
one Treasury than if divided up amonl
l0,0OOP
Twelve dollars a month is a very small
sum to support man past the meridian o
life, is il not? You would not in humanit.
ask him 10 live on less, would your Can
Township or City Treasury maintain him il
decent comfort on less I?
If you answer No, as we feel sure yo1
WILL then we will ask you whether Sl2
month TO the several Thousand men who it j
estimated viii be relieved by the bill
any more when paid out of the Nationa
Treasury than it would be if paid out Of th
several local Treasures?
As you will again answer No, we will as
you what becomes Of your howl abou
enormous expense?
DO you not clearly see that this is no in
increase Of burden upon the people, bu
rather a tightening? 1t is transfer of
burden from where it is difficult to bear
where it viii be borne SO easily that no on
will know ii is there.
Lastly, is it not better-does not all tn
world agree that it is vastly better-tO Civ
the needy, who are lowering along the ragge
edge of destruction, little assistance
keep them from becoming public charges
than TO refuse this and allow them to becom
inmates Of almshouses?
Wehayeplacedt this matter on the cold, in
passive ground Of public policy alone, fC
we knew it was useless TO make any appe;
to the higher sentiments Of justice, decenc
and gratitude TO such men as you.
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A SOLDIER SONG.
"Barney Burns"
BY JOHN A. JOYCE.
Dedicated To the 69th ". Y.
[TuRe-Brdnndgan's Bands

I'm a soldier bold Of the Sixty Ninth.
Aud marched TO the war away.
I'll never forget as long a live
That glorious April day
When marched in the ranks and dressed the
TANKS.
And flags were flying so gay,
With the fife and drum and lots of rum
A marching down Broadway.
Chorus
Right Left! Forward Shoulder arms we 90,
Wen march To the fight and strike for the right
And conquer the naughty foel
Ny girls name is Mary Ann;
Her mother can brew and bake;
She keeps little "shebeen shop.
And Mary takes the cake.
She loves her Barney Burns
As well as n cat loves cream,
And she floats in the dance like a belle from France
Or vision IN dream!
To Washington we did so down.
And we camped at the College yard;
We mustered and drilled till nearly killed,
And we fooled the Provost-Guard.
We took in the town Of an evening,
And we painted II rosy red
| With a rout and a shout and royal bout,
And we never went to bed!
| We marched across the Long Bridge,
And tramped away to Bull Run;
We met the rebs and you bet your life
They gave US lots of fun
With shot and shell through the fires of hell
They made us "skedaddle I" you know,
| And "StonewalI Jack" he drove Us back
With n royal rebel blow.
| We met them again in the sun and the rain
At Shiloh and Malvern Hill,
| And we put them through with the boys In blue
| For our business WAS to kill;
And at last at Appouiattox We gave them the final
| blow,
Where the Gray and the Blue shook hands SC
| true
And the Union had no foe!
WARRINGTON, d. c., February, 1887
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WHO HE Is.

The man who is the leading writer in this
cutlery against the Dependent Pension bill,
and who is bending every energy to prejudice
public opinion against the measure and pro-
duce pressure that viii keep the President
from signing il, is a man who. though young
and able-bodicd at the time the war broke
out, did not enter the army II all, but sought
q lucrative position in Washington, and
while there made use Of his official position
10 gain a knowledge in advance of the i'm.
position of the tax Of 50 gallon on whisky
and by letting his friends in" laid th,
foundations Of the comfortable fortune b,
now enjoys.
This is the style Of men everywhere wht
are bitterest against any act Of justice to tn,
soldiers
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discharged for a Couad
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND CoMPrRoLLER's OFFICE,
w.guINGToS ID O.


In the W %HteqF Of Of fSe claim of Memorandum
Late Private, Co. a, 18th Mass.
Claimant enlisted Sept. To- 1861, for three years,
and re-enlisted a veteran Dec. /. 1868, and was
discharged May Il. 1865. by reason of disability,
which is described in his discharge papers as ply
steal disability impairment of mental faculties, ex
allied nervous susceptibility and chronic commune
tivitis apparently resulting from sunstroke-"
IL his disability was originally caused by wound
within the meaning of that term used in section
OF the act of March g. 1868 which declares that
every soldier who shall be discharged by reason Of
wounds received in line of duty should be entitled
TO receive the same bounty If he had served
out his full term, he is entitled to 500 unpaid
bounty.
Theterm wound" is difficult of exact diinition.
Webster calls it hurt an injury" etc 1t does not
necessarily involve laccrnton or solution OF con-
tinuity," rs the medical writers express it, but 1t
comprises bruises. Commissions, fractures disloca-
tons and the like as WELL In the bounty acts 1t Is
evidently used in contradistincton to the word
disease" 1t is difficult TO conceive upon what
rational grounds distinction can be made between
a disability caused by wounds and disability
caused by disease contracted in the military service
in the line of duty; but the law-makng power has
made the distinction and it must be observed by
the Executive branch OF the Government. Not
being, however, meritorious but purely arbi-
trary discrimination, doubtful border cases
should be resolved in favor Of the soldier and the
present claim is Of that character
ii has been held that injury resulting from
n stroke Of lightning or the loss of the use of q
member from freezing. although there was no APP
parent abrasion or laceration of the tissues was
wound within the meaning of this statute, and II
these cases were correctly decided. think that an
injury resulting from the sudden and direct action
e ILL
| the scope and intent of the act.
Inflammation or congestion had folowedin con-
sequence ef exposure to the action of artificial heat
the injury would unquestionably have been classed
as wound, and where the same results follow from
the immediate action Of the rays of the sun no dis
tinction in principle be Observed in both case:
the injury is directly traceabe to physical force
externally applied; and while disease may inter
vene, the disability had its origin in external VIC
/ lcncc.
The claim for bounty is therefore allowed.
| i. ii. MAYNARD, Comptroller.
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IN A little while the political campaign
will open again, and then the papers which
are now talking so viciously about "skulk-
ers,n camp-followers," "mercenaries," PEN
sion-sharpers," will TEEN with praises of the
"valor and constancy the patriotism
and selfsacrifice n-of our citizen-soldiery.
1t would be well for our comrades to paste
a few of these rabid editorials against the
Dependent Pension bill in their hats, for
reference when the season comes for fulsome
editorials to "catch the soldier vote"
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says: II find this mode of payment better
than by check, and is also profitable for the
pensioner." lie also says that the new sys-
TEN will be gain to him of $40 per year.
Mr.. James McNulty, of Blue Bell Terrace,
Londonderry, Old Ireland, thus expresses
himself: An pensioners living in this dis
trict are thankful to the Hon. Commissioner
of Pensions for the change, and hope there
will be no change in the Pension Office in
1897
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GEN. PoPEs ARTICLES.

In the next issue of THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE will begin series of articles, by Maj
Gen. John Pope, on the state of affairs in
Missouri during the Summer of1SG1. There
was no point Of greater interest during the
first year of the war than Missouri. The
people Of that State were about equally
divided in sentiment, and it was for months
uncertain whether the unremitting efforts
of her secessionist Governor and his fellow
conspirators TO carry the State out of the
Union would be successful Gen. Pope was
early called to this field of operations, and
his vigorous administration no doubt had
much influence in deciding the fate of Mis-
souri,. He portrays in a graphic and inter
esting way the disturbed condition OF the
people in consequence of the constant col
lisions in communities where neighbor was
arrayed against neighbor, and the measures
that were taken to bring order out of chaos.
His articles cannot fail TO command more
than usual attention. These articles will
be followed at an early day by others on the
campaign against Island No 10 and other
operations in the early part Of 1862 along
the Mississippi.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON carried his love
for independence 10 the extent of freeing
himself from slavery TO the wretched system
of spelling which the English dictionary
makers fastened upon those who speak oul
language. In letter written 10 the Dutch
Reformed Church of Schenectady he make:
use Of this unique spelling:
Isincearly thank you for your congratulation,
on my arrival in this place. Whilst join In ador
ing that now Supreem Being, TO whom alone car
be ATTRIBUTED the signel successes Of our arms
cannot but express my gratitude 70 you. gentle
men. etc.
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ALONG next Summer Convention time will
roll around, and we will have sweet-sound-
ing planks in the platforms of all the parties
about the measureless debt due the gallant
men who periled their lives upon the battle
field" Then will be n good time to ask the
papers which will dilate and glow over these
well-turned periods to republish some of
their present editorials about the addition
to Incidence and perjury" of soldiers as a
class.
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TIE FoREIGN PENSIONERS LIKE III.

THE FOREIGN PENSIONERS LIKE 1T.
Letters now being received at the WASH
ington, ID. C., Pension Agency from pension
es residing in foreign countries indicate
that they are highly gratifed with the
change recently made by the Commissioner
Of Pensions of paying them by means OF
international Money Orders instead of by
check as heretofore
They say that the new system is not only
much more convenient than the old, but that
it results in the saving of money to them.
Here are few samples Of what they say:
Frank Bird, of West Bromwich, England,
says: al must say that I am very much
pleased with the Money Order System over
the Check System"
Mrs. Hortense C. Dareautel, of CastiIlon,
France, says: az am quite grateful to you
for the adoption of this system, which is ad-
vantageous and very convenient to men
Mr.. Peter Van Dell, of Lierre, Belgium,
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A MOST interesting article on the Genii
of American Travel appears in the Janu-
airy number Of The american 7faueler. IL il
sketch Of Mr. A. V. II. Carpenter, the very
efficient General Passenger Ticket Agent Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
road, and gentleman whom the comrades
ofthe GAR. have reason 10 be fond Of on
account OF the many kindnesses received at
his hands on the Journey 10 and from the
Goth National Encampment. A fine picture
of Mr.. Carpenter illustrates the article.
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THE 18Th Encampment Of the Department
Of New Hampshire was well-attended, and
the proceedings were Of marked interest.
The National Pension Committee was unani-
mously Endorsed, as ii well deserved TO be.
The Department has now membership OF
nearly 5000 and is in very fourishing
condition. New Hampshire is one OF the
very foremost States in her care for her sons
who fought the country's battles There il
not single ex-soldier in her poorhouses, as
her laws viii not allow veterans to be sent
there, but provide that they must be sup,
ported outside of the almshouses.
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THE McGlynn matter strikes the outsider
as quite humorous. So long as DIR. McGlynn
was on the same side of the political fence
as the Archbishop-so long as he was carry
ing out his ecclesiastical superior's political
schemes his interference in politics was
deemed laudable. ii is only when he differs
from My Lord Archbishop that he becomes
guilty Of "pernicious activity"
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SPELLING REFORM.
[Chica0o Netrs,l

If an and an and an o and a "a, with an e at the
end, spell Su."
And an and y and an spell 81" pray what Is a
speller to do?
Then IL also an and an I and O and an d spell
eide"
There's nothing much left for a speler to do but to
go and commit Siouxeyesighed.
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Prison Comrades.

i. T. Wallace ID Pa. Cav, Milesburg, Pa,
wants to hear from all who were engaged in
digging the tunnel at Salisbury. Also, he
would like to hear from or of the four COM
rades who escaped with him on the night of
the 18th of February.
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cannot be too grateful that we have such n
friend at the head of the Pension Bureau as we
have to-day.-"WHITE STAR" Washington,
ID. G..
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A sUNsTRoKE Is A WOUND.

The following is the recent decision Of the
Second Comptroller in the claim wherein he
decided that a soldier discharged for sun
stroke was entitled to bounty the same as if
DISCHARGED for n ,rOHn1
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON, d. C., FEBRUARY 10, 1857.
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-17

TNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF DECREE
- of foreclosure, made by the Hon. ThOs.
f. King. on the 3ist day of December. 1856, in
"A certain cause in chancery for Putnam
County, Florida wherein John T. Dunn is
complainant, and Luis It. Wilson, George A.
Racken-toe. G. j Burroughs, E T. Cleveland
and w. w. Cieve land defendants, and by
which decree am appointed a soecisI Master
in Chancery to execute said decree, l will
offer for sale at public auction, to the highest
bidder. for cash, between the usual hours of
sale, on MONDAY. the 4th day of APP ii.
1877, the same being the sale DAY for ), id
month. I'm front of the front door of the
Court House i'm Palafka, Florida, the follow
ing described real estate in Putnam County,
Florida. to-wif: section fort y-eigbt of Town
ship nine, south of Range twenty seven east.
and bounded as follows. viz: Beginning NJ .
lightwood post marked with a cross, said post
being set ON the edge OF the FORESTER Point
public road, the east boundary of lands
owned by on, :. c. Warner, thence north
twenty-four chains to q liz htwOod post in the
margin OF the swamp, marked with u cross:
thence east twenty cha<ps tn a Iightwood
post marked with a cross. Thence south thirty
chsins TO a iightwrod post marked with a
cross and set on the edge of the fOIrester
Point public road, thence along the edge of
said roac twenty chains to the point of be-
ginning: said tract containing about fifiy five
Purchaser Ia pay for deed
]. x. BALDWIN,
4tw-is Spe ctal Master in Chancery.
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1t II interesting to know, in connection
with the English sparrow nuisance at
Forest park, how these birds are treated
in Germany and made to be u blessing
Trou8hs are provided at the caves of the
houses there for the accommodation OF the
birds in building their nests When the
young sparrows are Matched and the
mother goes out to procure food for them
wire screens are placed over them, with
interstices large enough to permit the
passage Of food to the youngiinss, but too
small to allow them to escape from the
nests. As soon ~ they have grown large
and plump they are killed, and they make
y very desirable article Of food.-Giobe-
Democrat
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Prsvel On "U.l~eky. Dsys.


We arc led to believe that people are be-
caming more and more enlightened ~ the
years and generations pass. Be that - 10
may, believe that they IRE, ut any rate,
becoming more and more superstttiOus
Each year l notice that the number Of
people who object to travelling on certain
''unlucky" days Is increasing Americans
an. s1ronUly OpDoeed 70 startling on .
tDupney % Friisy. Other nsttonAlitiss
aA0 lalas obi ct u Saturday. see ire
Quent eases Of parties who arrive here on
Friday and remain over all night merely
because they think IL ''uulncky" 70 start
away on Friday. OF course II they had
made m stop IL would have been all right,
but having stopped they fear TO start
again. That idea Of 'unlucky Friday"
Aaa become 50 prevalent that the travel
ths1s0h tn Union depot during the past
few yesFs hns decreased very much.
atRdbQte y to that tisa, 1t any rate
O06se - eDbe- Democrat
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sym ptomatie

A new baby had arrived at little
Johnny's residence, and the yourgster
Was admitted to take his first look ut the
little stranger He surveyed it calmly
for . moment, and then looking up ex-
claimed enthusiastically;
Hts face is just the color of Uncle
Georges. Gosh. hut he must be a hard
MISUNDERSTANDING Dispatch.
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CONNECTIONS.

NNBCTIOHo.
At Paistka with Jack0onvflle, TsDO0 . Key
West Hallway and 81. Augustine aud aiatka
Railway. and fast river stee@sr, fog q. Az.
gustine, Green Cove Syringe, Jacksonville
and all points North. East and West
kah trasos mase oioee connection botn ve!s
VA J. +. 4 x. w. R'y.. ~ Jacksonville With A.
lanl.c C0ast Line. Fast Mail.
At Gaiaesvilie With through Pullman aiseI .
ers over Savannah. Florida ! Western Ny for
New Orieans. Pensscola, Savannah. Albany,
Aontsomery. Louisville. 81. Louis and al
points West.
A Ocala with = orida Hallway and Navisa.
ton Co.. and 3. s. o. T. q. X. r.
At Aston with 81. johns river stsaOero f<s
Jacksonville. sanford and way landtuOe.
Al Lesoburg with the 81. Johns and Lake
nustis division OF the Horde soutAsrn Nail.
gays and boats on Lakes Harris. Austis and
Gri0n fos all pOtnts on takes.
AT Tampa with steamships hsscotte and
Whitney every Tuesday. Taussdsy and sstur-
day for Key West and Havana.
At L. keiand WITH south fiortde Railroad
for Tampa. Kiasimmee, Orlando and sanford.
At TFabue with steamer Alice Howard
for PInta kassa and koT Mysn
3. CONAN1, o.. DkO4WBLk
General Manager. 0san PA0. A0sos.